Vice President at Google Osama Bedier, Google VP of Electronic Commerce Stephanie Tilenius are also being sued in the same case

Allege Osama Bedier misappropriated PayPal's trade secrets when he went over to Google

Before moving to Google, Bedier was working on a deal where PayPal would serve as a payment option for mobile app purchases on the Android Market

Lawsuit also alleges that Stephanie Tilenius violated contractual obligations by recruiting Beider (that's why she's being sued). Tilenius also was an exec at PayPal

Google has responded:

"Silicon Valley was built on the ability of individuals to use their knowledge and expertise to seek better employment opportunities, an idea recognized by both California law and public policy. We respect trade secrets, and will defend ourselves against these claims."

Discussion Stories

HTC announced on its Facebook page that HTC will no longer be locking the bootloaders on its devices.

Over 2000 comments on the post with over 7000 "Likes"

ThisIsMyNext tried to explain the impact of the move:

Legit custom ROMs, carriers won't be able to have exclusive features, Moto still locks its bootloader, additional warranty liability. HTC has long been somewhat mod-friendly in the sense that the system was locked but exploitable... until this came to light with the discovery of locked bootloaders requireing signature checks on the HTC Sensation and news of the upcoming EVO 3D bing locked down as well. That is all reversing.

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"TNT-ers,

Listened to your commentary on the upcoming Android video game console announced by Envizion. One important thing I noticed in the press release that you didn't specifically address was where these games are coming from. Since this device will be using a modified version of Android and will not meet Google's requirements, they will not get access to Google services including the Android Marketplace. This is I think intentional for Envizion because they want their own "marketplace" so developers can create games specifically for their system:

""Game development for EVO 2 is cheaper for developers so they have the opportunity to create games on a platform that will increase their return on investment. Developers can also submit pre-
existing Android games""

This also makes sense so that they can control the games that make it onto the system (which hopefully means higher quality ones), and can make sure the control system works well for them.

So if you have a game that's designed for touchscreen use, this probably won't carry it. If they do a good job of controlling this it could turn out to be a great system. I think categorizing the games and keeping them cheap is crucial.

I believe this has potential for people in how the games can be cheaper and how they want to integrate the community of users and social features. I'm not sure they're going to get a lot of developer support though considering you can do this for other game consoles already that will have a much higher install base. They definitely need to make it really cheap though. If it was $99 then they might have some chance.

Keep up the good work!

-- Scott Clay"

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